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ArticleNature communications2024

A full-body transcription factor expression atlas with completely resolved cell identities in C. elegans.

Yongbin Li, Siyu Chen, Weihong Liu, Di Zhao, Yimeng Gao, Shipeng Hu, Hanyu Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Lei Qu, Xiao Liu

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yongbin Li *College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0686-0883
Siyu Chen *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Weihong Liu *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Di Zhao *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yimeng Gao *College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
Shipeng HuCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
Hanyu LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
Yuanyuan LiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computation & Signal Processing, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China.
Lei QuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computation & Signal Processing, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2129-5253
Xiao LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China. liux@cnu.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0007-4780-8399
Capital Normal University · CNAnhui University · CNIntelligent Health (United Kingdom) · GBTianjin University of Sport · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32070639National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61871411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invariant cell lineage in C. elegans enables spatiotemporal resolution of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms controlling the fate of each cell. Here, we develop RAPCAT (Robust-point-matching- And Piecewise-affine-based Cell Annotation Tool) to automate cell identity assignment in three-dimensional image stacks of L1 larvae and profile reporter expression of 620 transcription factors in every cell. Transcription factor profile-based clustering analysis defines 80 cell types distinct from conventional phenotypic cell types and identifies three general phenotypic modalities related to these classifications. First, transcription factors are broadly downregulated in quiescent stage Hermaphrodite Specific Neurons, suggesting stage- and cell type-specific variation in transcriptome size. Second, transcription factor expression is more closely associated with morphology than other phenotypic modalities in different pre- and post-differentiation developmental stages. Finally, embryonic cell lineages can be associated with specific transcription factor expression patterns and functions that persist throughout postembryonic life. This study presents a comprehensive transcription factor atlas for investigation of intra-cell type heterogeneity.

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AscomycotaTranscription FactorsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCell DifferentiationGene Expression RegulationTranscription Factors

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PMID38195740
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